.ck f t 5 n / >J / • 
, P •- ; / o v / 
v r ’ 
J2K7 „ 1 *1 ___ _ *• 
™_ reti _ alone; 1 at, er al 
■ "a ' ' 
lfirte 
660 
6 8 5 
>o caudal base and 7 more on 
latter; scales 41 to 43 in lateral line to japdal base and 22 to 32 more over 
caudal fin; 8 or 9 scales above, 10 or 
elow, 38 to 40 predorsal. Scales 
■ 
with 12 to 14 basal striae; 42 to 50JHr£cal denticles, with 7 or 8 series of 
transverse basal elements; circu3$P^ er y fine. 
D. jp, -21, I or 23, # |f‘third spine 2 V 5 to 2 2 / 5 in head, first ray 
/ J&Bm* 
0 V 5 J A. II, 7, I, second »e 2 V 4 to 31/^g, first ray 2 to 2 V 2 J caudal 
r, -1 rj 
175 to 1 / 2 * obtus e behirifg| least depth of caudal peduncle 3 V 4 to 3 /gj 
U * . W JL *2! 7 
pectoral 1 / 5 to 1 /q; ventrlN^lTA to 1 / 8 . 
vy 
Soiled drab gray generally. 
ightly deeper broad bands on 
back, within each 2 or 3 series of deep dusky blotdNgg size of pupil. Iris 
yellowish. Dorsals pale, with 5 or 6 blackish blotche|j|. Caudal similar, only 
blotches as 3 or 4 transverse irregular rows. Ventra]J|||utral dusky. Paired 
fins same. 
India, Ceylon, Burma, Lalayan PeninsulajSIfas t Indies, Philippines, 
•£8B9r ~ 1 
China* According to Day it reaches 1525 mm/ q^^^nters tidal waters* My 
examples are much more coarsely spotted th afjp jh Sleeker's figure of Pseudo- 
sciaena diacanthus 
r ~ 
8 .exsmples^ A.L.S. P. pBombay. } Bo m^ggjf ilitural History Society. Length 190 
jt*k 
U to 280 mm. 
\ 
1 example* # A* h * S. P* CL Bombay« Jg^pPT* F* Hal-lberg* Length 308 mm* 
v - • - ~ J 
j&P‘ 
ifet 
finius aneus Bloch <d . 
. j d <f r? 
Ok 
/S .Tohnius snsiis PT.oriH 'feftw. ApslHnd.\Fische, vol. 7, "tW5* *,• x V „, F x. 
SCHKBlflifc, Syst. Xchth. Bloch, (l801> v p. 74/(Tranquebar 
my 
2b7* {Malabar 
^t\ 
f <A*-\ : 3 S 
Johnius aeneus EOWLIE, Journ. Boraitey I at. Hist. Soc., vol. 30, . o. 4. 
:■***«,{ 1926, p. 777 (Bombay); Proc. Abpd 
"7 M 4 / / 
r p. 285 (Phillipines). (iarror.)/ 
1 ' t ‘ Sci * Philadelphia, 1927, 
